New Delhi

Precipitation in the range of 104 -110 per cent of the LPA is considered "above normal", while beyond 110 per cent is considered "excess" rainfall.

This is the first initiative for private investment for running passenger trains on the Indian Railways network. It began last year with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) introducing the Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express.

As part of the series of interactions, Rahul Gandhi held a conversation with nurses on the Doctor's day.

The Railways had suspended passenger, mail and express trains during the nationwide lockdown from March 25.

The Commission, chaired by N K Singh, also had a detailed discussions with the Department of School Education and Literacy and the Department of Higher Education on the necessity of submission of a revised memorandum to the Finance Commission by the minis...

Singh, along with Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik, launched the web portal in the presence of Army Chief General MM Naravane, Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh, and Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria.

A day before the incident took place, some of foreign inmates came to the Deodhi of the jail in the morning on some pretext and refused to leave till late evening, despite repeated counseling/persuasion by the jail officers.

The facility, which will have 10,000 beds, will function as an isolation centre for mild and symptomatic coronavirus patients.

These three states together accounted for 81 percent of the 4,594 Sharmik Special trains that have been operated so far since May 1.

The government had in November last year decided to sell its 52.98 per cent stake in Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL). It has sought expressions of interest (EoIs) from potential acquirers by July 31.

They recommended that sectors such as electronic, telecommunications, textile, garments, leather and footwear, food products and agriculture, automotive, steel, and pharmaceuticals have huge potential in European markets for Indian exporters, the official...

Jain earlier this week was shifted out of the ICU of a dedicated private COVID-19 facility, days after he was administered plasma therapy.

After the coronavirus outbreak in India, Bihar will be the first state to have assembly polls. And voters of Bihar will be the first to benefit from the amended rules.

The former party general secretary, who was once close to Rahul Gandhi, tweeted on Thursday that the party should work on the ideological levels.

In case of emergency, as soon as the patient uses this alarm system, the red light outside the box will light up, apart from making a loud noise.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava added that more than 84,000 Indians have returned through land border immigration checkpoints from Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.